Bizarreness continues as Canucks' Alex Burrows is not suspended after biting Bruins' Patrice Bergeron in Game 1 of Stanley Cup Finals

(AP Photo)Vancouver Canucks left wing Alex Burrows, left, skirmishes with Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron after the first period of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals in Vancouver. Burrows wasn't suspended for biting Bergeron while both players argued in French after the first-period buzzer.

Later that evening a 10-mile high tornado formed over the Connecticut River next to the Memorial Bridge, crossed Interstate 91 and trekked a path of destruction through downtown Springfield. It was the first time a massive tornado touched upon Springfield since 1972, the last time the Bruins won the Stanley Cup.

Throughout all of the chaos and devastation, perhaps one event could bring a needed lift to the city of Springfield and surrounding towns who are amidst cleanup, but the night grew worse for Bruins fans at least.

Game 1 started just after 8:20 and the madness continued in a different form. A slew of penalties were called left and right on both teams and within the first four minutes, the Bruins went on a four-minute power play courtesy of a Daniel Sedin double-minor high-stick, but failed to execute. In the second frame Boston had a 5-on-3 chance and again could not dribble the puck past Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo as he finished with 36 saves.

Neither special teams unit scored, both finishing 0 for 6. It was the second time the Bruins had six extra-man opportunities as they went 2 for 6 in Game 2 against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the conference finals.

Then the crushing blow. With 18.5 seconds left as it appeared the game was headed into overtime, Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk botched up his man-on-man coverage on Vancouver center Ryan Kesler, which led to a Canucks 2 on 1 rush and Raffi Torres beat Bruins goalie Tim Thomas' right side for the 1-0 victory.

If that wasn't enough to cause bad blood with the Canucks, this certainly will.

In a scrum at the end of the first frame, Canucks forward Alex Burrows bit Bruins center Patrice Bergeron's left index finger as the referees were trying to separate the two. A nasty exchange of verbal abuses were thrown out in French and Bergeron who is generally cool and collect was irate and kept showing his finger to the linesman as it was cut and bleeding as he skated off.

Burrows only received a double-minor for roughing and Bergeron was also handed out a roughing penalty.

Biting? Really? What is this preschool? I'm not even kidding, that what kids do when they're three and four years old and Burrows is a 30-year-old man who obviously still likes to act like a child.

If the act wasn't ridiculous enough, the explanation was a real kick as Burrows proclaimed Bergeron put his finger in his mouth so "he had to do it." And after all of this, the league is taking no disciplinary action even though in 2009 Ottawa Senators' Jarkko Ruutuu bit Buffalo Sabres' Andrew Peters and was suspended for two games and lost $37,707 in pay.

And the bizarreness continues.

Editor's Note: I wish all of those effected by the tornados are safe and being comforted by their loved ones during this very scary and devastating time here in Springfield and Western Mass.